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In 2004 a bronze plaque was placed at the corner between Southwark Bridge Road and Quilp Street to commemorate the orginal site of the "Evelina Hospital for Sick Children" in Southwark, London. The very informative inscription states: "THIS PLAQUE CELEBRATES THE FOUNDING OF THE EVELINA CHILDREN'S / HOSPITAL, WHICH WAS BUILT ON THIS SITE IN 1869. IT COMMEMEORATES THE WORK OF THE FOUNDER, PLANNERS, DOCTORS, NURSES AND STAFF, / AND ALL THE GENEROUS BENEFACTORS AND SUPPORTERS DURING / THE HOSPITAL'S FIRST 107 YEARS.
THE HOSPITAL WAS FOUNDED BY BARON FERDINAND DE ROTHSCHILD IN / MEMORY OF THE EARLY DEATHS OF HIS WIFE, EVELINA, AND THEIR BABY / SON. THE HOSPITAL WAS PLANNED BY ARTHUR FARRE, OBSTETRICIAN TO EVELINA AND THE ROYAL FAMILY.
THE CHOSEN SITE, SOUTHSEA COURT IN SOUTHWARK, WAS IN ONE OF / THE POOREST DISTRICTS OF LONDON, WHERE CHILDREN WERE STRICKEN / WITH DISEASE, SERIOUS INFECTIONS AND UNDERNOURISHMENT LEADING / TO MANY DEATHS. THIS NEW MODEL HOSPITAL UPLIFTED THE SPIRITS OF / THE PEOPLE, BRINGING TO A DEPRIVED DISTRICT THE HOPE OF FIGHTING / THE RAVAGES OF CHILDHOOD DISEASES.
IN 1976 THE EVELINA MOVED TO GUY'S TOWER, SOUTHWARK, TO UNITE / WITH GUY'S HOSPITAL CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT. THE OLD EVELINA / BUILDING WAS DEMOLISHED AND THE AREA WSS CONVERTED INTO / MINT STREET PARK".